The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-03

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Limitations of tussia'~ strength
F..mtnc 1imc- r,moun.
Oin series. of articles ia European
politics new appearing anouH moUs,N
i'm tnc Furtuitatly Review but known
oi.t least IoputCd to be- ilum the pen
uf '.i Charles iDi'hc Oh. ot the mot
.u'.r r-np" md muurtHnt dc'lt With
Eu.-u. ihr tone assumed was one OF
srurrh despair Tor the destiny OF
Western civilization. Russia. accord.
m-to sir Charles Dixie, is iuyiuciblc.
md mus, eventually conquer every.
,hIg- except, =, rhaps. l"GiG.
The London Spectator, u liberal
weekly journal of moderate view
and grcp' ability, publishes An article
In reply TO the furtuighly writer.
which confirms TO such u rcmni kablr
degree that has been eaid from time
to time upon the same subject in these
columns, that We reproduce some
portions Of
Iu.~ia M home is practically. un
assailAblc, but then so muy for
tres. bc, yet be unable to conquer
unythiug The point isnot whether
Rus in can defend herself, but
whether .hc eau mobilize armies
nuniu-t which Germany OF Austria
cannot defend themselves The
number of her eoIdicrs on paper
does not -ignily,And we Will leave its
discussion 10 professionals, but eau
Rus.in ind men, transport, commits
a. l.t4titr. a. A "a
invading army which Germany or
Austra could not destroy that is
M fact, al Invading army ot AT lcast
halt u muliou men; There Is no
proof Whntcvcr OF the assertion. SHE
has hnd every motive in her more
recent wars, beginning with the
Crimcan and ending with the war
Of 1877. TO display such strength, and
she has not DOM il. She did not
drive out the English and French
armies. she had to summon aid in
order to take PlovnA.
Passing after awhile from the qucs-
ton ol quantity, the spectator pro-
ceeds 10 consider the quality of the
Rursinu army:
Then quality counts rs well n mass
and whore. ar yet, Ii the evidence OF
superior quality The Russian sol
dirrl- brave. Ohedicnt and tenacious
but be- Is undericd. ill-prOVded, and
out,idc tho guard, ili-iustructcd IN
the u-e of arms. Above all, he dies
quickly II, French conscript in the
cnst. All conscripi- are wasted, be-
cnu-o they cannot bc replaced, and
Russian cunscripts are wasted more
Than any Its the specially OF the
Ru-slhn prmics TO melt away just ~
their WORK slcm9 done, aud the
meltirg, Observed ia all ancient in
vasion- OF Turkey, IN Suvaroil'7 won
dcrful march into switzerland, in
, the defence Of the Crmea
aud In TIE latest Turkish war, is due
10 the Russian liability To sickness
alike on the mGrch and IN ,ho cucamp
nent. / he corruption which cripple
, the commissarial is do clarcd not t.
be extinct while economy OF the hon
est kind j, necessarily owing 10 the
o lrightiul number, 10 be supported
pushed to "A poul at which ovcrwork
, cd meu with un inherent tendcncl
, toward despair. cannot be- kept h
. health,
Asto the lighting qualities OF tn,
. rank md lille nobody has ever quc'
4 toned them since XprudOrtl, out Wh!
0 ,houid they he greater than those o
- Germans, who eurpass Hass aus b,
! the admission of the latter in ever,
/ department OF the civil ,ito or thai
/ those OF austrian soldiers, two
, thirds OF whom are as Saw a. tn
p, Russians themselves;
{ On the subject OF commar. ders Tia,
/ writer say
Otgrcat generate. Done are visible
in Ru-sin. or c.A he visible, for til
I imperial house must stand alone, au
r. go absolute court can GET rid Of favor
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